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AGM 2019 and Talk by Silke Lührmann
















 

Visiting Coventry Cathedral



























Images from the Winterwalk in Kenilworth, January 2018

Some images of the 22 walkers who braved the elements and hiked through mud, snow and rain. Well done everybody.



































Photos from the  committee meeting and get-together at the German Christmas market in Birmingham 















Photos from the Summer Walk 2015 can be found here

 Joint WMG/WRG walk in the Cotswolds, including a steam train from Toddington to Winchcombe, free-range pigs and a view of the mediaeval ruins of Hailes Abbey
6 September 2014






 

 








 






 






WMG summer walk from Corbet Wood in North Shropshire
20 July 2013 
A five-mile walk around the picturesque villages of Clive and Grinshill in North Shropshire led by Mike Hanson












 

 

 

 

 


 
 




WMG winter walk on the edge of the Lickey Hills
2 March 2013








 WMG/EMG from Calke Abbey
21 July 2012










WMG winter walk around Bewdley
4 February 2012


ITI Translation Workshop and visit to Bournville 

15-16 October 2011



























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